TROIKA_SHOAL

SHOAL, 2010,
Multimedia installation, Toronto
50 (long) x 3.6 (wide) m,
467 individually rotating elements,
Dichroic acrylic,
Custom build electronics, stepper motors and controls

Troika's public artwork Shoal combines sculpture with architecture and technology. Spanning across a 50 meter long corridor, 467 fish-like objects wrapped in iridescent colours and suspended from the ceiling rotate rhythmically around their own axis to display the movements and interdependency typical to school of fish.
The ceiling architecture is set in motion and appears liquified changing the spatial experience of the corridor while opening up the surrounding architecture infinitely towards Lake Ontario.

Shoal was curated by PAM (Karen Mills and Justin Ridgeway) and commissioned by TEDCO as a permanent installation for the Corus building located at Toronto's Waterfront, Queens Quay East.

http://troika.uk.com/shoal

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• Art
• Design
• Installation
• Technology
• Troika
• Shoal

[Luminapolis]

One of the favorites of Luminapolis Channel

[luomod]

awesome, and its right in my city, Toronto. really excited co visit Corus to see your work with my own eyes!

[Gizmomaster7]

Cool. I wonder how long it takes you guys to develop this stuff and how much it costs.